- Lightroom Version Number
- Lightroom Classic version 9.0
- Operating System
- Windows 10
Hello!
Someone in a Lightroom based FB group stated that the LR catalog and the actual image / raw files should NOT be on the same drive as it will cause performance issues. At first glace, it sort of made sense as LR does interact quite a bit with the catalog, previews, cache, etc. Then I realized that LR interacts with actual image files comparatively infrequently - usually just during import and preview creation. I tried researching but could find nothing definitive that says it should be one way or the other. My guess is that it doesn't matter - there are a lot of factors that influence performance, but I don't think this is one of them. Does anyone know for certain?
Thanks!
Someone in a Lightroom based FB group stated that the LR catalog and the actual image / raw files should NOT be on the same drive as it will cause performance issues. At first glace, it sort of made sense as LR does interact quite a bit with the catalog, previews, cache, etc. Then I realized that LR interacts with actual image files comparatively infrequently - usually just during import and preview creation. I tried researching but could find nothing definitive that says it should be one way or the other. My guess is that it doesn't matter - there are a lot of factors that influence performance, but I don't think this is one of them. Does anyone know for certain?
Thanks!